† pussockn.

Forms: 1600s pussocke.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puss n.¹, -ock suffix.

Etymology: < puss n.¹ + -ock suffix.

Obsolete. rare.

An old maid. Cf. tabby n. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > elderly

old maid1530

old maiden1566

pussock1622

ape-leader1652

thornback1694

spinster1719

tabby1748

virgin1759

tea-bottle1909

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 26 I haue knowne since some old Maids (pussockes in comparison of her [sc. my Mother]) of greater yeeres, and lesse handsomnesse, that would call themselues..young Girles and little pretty Maidens.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pussock
释义	† pussockn. Forms: 1600s pussocke. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puss n.¹, -ock suffix. Etymology: < puss n.¹ + -ock suffix. Obsolete. rare. An old maid. Cf. tabby n. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > elderly old maid1530 old maiden1566 pussock1622 ape-leader1652 thornback1694 spinster1719 tabby1748 virgin1759 tea-bottle1909 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 26 I haue knowne since some old Maids (pussockes in comparison of her [sc. my Mother]) of greater yeeres, and lesse handsomnesse, that would call themselues..young Girles and little pretty Maidens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1622
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